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... Hence 14553 cubic inches = I hogshead of wine , and 15228 cubic inches : 1 hogshead of Beer . The same standards continued in use in Great Britain as late as the year 1826 , when the Act of Par- liament for " Uniformity of Weights and ...
... Hence 14553 cubic inches = I hogshead of wine , and 15228 cubic inches : 1 hogshead of Beer . The same standards continued in use in Great Britain as late as the year 1826 , when the Act of Par- liament for " Uniformity of Weights and ...
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... Hence , the square foot , yard , & c . , may be of any shape whatever , provided the foot contains 144 squares , each 1 inch square , and the yard 9 squares , each 1 foot square . And hence , the area or quantity of surface contained in ...
... Hence , the square foot , yard , & c . , may be of any shape whatever , provided the foot contains 144 squares , each 1 inch square , and the yard 9 squares , each 1 foot square . And hence , the area or quantity of surface contained in ...
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... Hence , to obtain the number of small parallelograms , ce , contained in the large parallelogram , ABCD , we have only to multiply the number of such small parallelograms contained in the side AB , into the number of such contained in ...
... Hence , to obtain the number of small parallelograms , ce , contained in the large parallelogram , ABCD , we have only to multiply the number of such small parallelograms contained in the side AB , into the number of such contained in ...
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... Hence , the utility of the following Tables , which con- tain the linear measure , in common use , with their corres- ponding square measures . Linear Measure . Square Measure . 144 inches 12 inches = 1 foot , = 1 foot , = 1 yard , 1 ...
... Hence , the utility of the following Tables , which con- tain the linear measure , in common use , with their corres- ponding square measures . Linear Measure . Square Measure . 144 inches 12 inches = 1 foot , = 1 foot , = 1 yard , 1 ...
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... hence we have , 12 : tabular area , :: any side squared area . By this table may be calculated the arca of any other polygon of the same number of sides with one of these . Hence , to find the area of any regular polygon , we have the ...
... hence we have , 12 : tabular area , :: any side squared area . By this table may be calculated the arca of any other polygon of the same number of sides with one of these . Hence , to find the area of any regular polygon , we have the ...
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Page 53 - RULE. Find the area of the sector which has the same arc, and also the area of the triangle formed by the chord of the segment and the radii of the sector. Then...
Page 35 - Now, since the areas of similar polygons are to each other as the squares of their homologous sides...
Page 79 - A sphere is a solid terminated by a curved surface, all the points of which are equally distant from a point within called the centre.
Page 80 - A zone is a portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes.
Page 90 - ... to three times the square of the radius of the segment's base, add the square of its height ; then multiply the sum by the height, and the product by .5236 for the contents.
Page 49 - From 8 times the chord of half the arc subtract the chord of the whole arc, and ' of the remainder will be the length of the arc nearly.
Page 72 - RULE.* To the sum of the areas of the two ends add four times the area of a section parallel to and equally distant from both ends, and this last sum multiplied by £ of the height will give the solidity.
Page 51 - As 360 degrees is to the number of degrees in the arc of the sector, so is the area of the circle to the area of the sector.
Page 91 - From three times the diameter of the sphere subtract twice the height of the segment; multiply this remainder by the square of the height and the product by 0.5236.
Page 39 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference, which is everywhere equidistant from a certain point within, called its Centre.
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Practical System of Mensuration of Superficies and Solids ... |
| Author | J. M. Scribner |
| Publisher | H. & J. C. Ivison, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 123 pages |
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